STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A list of things you will find on the set of the Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre's upcoming production: Lights, costumes, swords and bug spray.

All are equally essential to getting this action-packed — and gloriously FREE — show going.

FORT WADSWORTH BATTER WEED

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SIST TAKES OVER FORT WADSWORTH

As you probably know by now, the Staten Island Shakespearean troupe is never afraid to venture outside the confines of traditional community theatre — literally. In its previous production, “Lysistrata," the exterior of the Staten Island Museum in Livingston was the stage.

UP NEXT: SIST presents “King Lear” this weekend and next in the heart of the atmospheric Battery Weed in Fort Wadsworth. Come on, could this mammoth venue be any cooler?

Check out a recent dress rehearsal in the video below:

SIST KING OF LEAR

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This season, the SIST company continues its ambitious mission to present live theater in non-traditional spaces around the borough. Pictured here: Director Cara S. Liander gets her "King Lear" cast hyped.

SIST KING LEAR

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Not familiar with this classic? Here's the Bard's plot boiled down by SIST:

"King Lear has three daughters, but no sons. Boldly he makes a decision to divide his kingdom among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds himself adrift, wandering homeless and destitute. As he comes to realize the false values by which he has lived, he finally encounters his own humanity."